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+{{cquote|I was in the Versailles Palace in France, and I took the audio guide as I went around the palace into the different rooms. Unfortunately, the audio guide stopped working mid-way through my tour and there was still half of the palace left for me to explore. So I got my blackberry out and went onto Wikipedia and typed in Versailles Palace and fortunately there was a second link there which was Versailles Palace rooms. Meanwhile, my dad was skeptical I would such information on the internet, he said to me "Why would they have tour guides and audio guides if all that knowledge was on the internet?" Then I told him "Dad, there's a whole wiki page on the rooms and the importance of each room and the paintings within them" He was shocked. This was when I realised that the knowledge was there to be had, but Wikipedia was the porthole to easily share it. The very fact that I don't get any pop-ups or there isn't a side bar on the right with different advertisements is the truly unique and coolest thing about wikipedia. My small donation is the step forward for Wikipedia and I hope people can understand Jimmy's ideology and apply it to their lives. Sharing is the key to our future. Beginning with global warming, we must share the responsibility of cleaning up the damage we have done to our beautiful planet, Earth. }}
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 {{cquote|At least twice a week I turn to Wikipedia to answer a question I have. Today I used it twice in the last twenty minutes - to look up the origin of the term "Black Friday" and the origin of the term Sourdough for an Alaskan old-timer. It is most often the first place I go to learn more about a subject - any subject. I have even contributed a little to an article on the steam engine. It's a wonderful and crucial tool that contributes to knowledge and understanding around the world - and it's free. What more could you ask for?}}